My most treasured items include these two "From The Vault" CD collections from
Subconscious Communications. 7 discs each, limited edition of 1000 (first pressing), not sold in retail and only available through the label. I know that the packaging for series 2 was assembled by hand by some of the band members, so that's cool. Series 1 may have been also, for all I know. Each series came with a bonus disc that was not for sale and only given to those that ordered the entire 7-disc series as a package rather than buying the releases individually.
Subconscious Communications "From The Vault" Series I
The idea here was to compile material "from the vaults" of
Skinny Puppy and their side projects, that was never released, and release it to the fans. After the 1st pressing sold out, a 2nd and 3rd (unnumbered) pressing of most of these CDs was released, some with variations in the artwork/packaging.
- Download - III Steps Forward
- Download - Inception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995
- Skinny Puppy - Puppy Gristle
- platEAU - Iceolator
- Skinny Puppy - Back and Forth Vol. 6: Live Braps and Outakes 1982-2000
- The Tear Garden - Eye Spy with my Little Eye
- Hilt - The Worst of the Flu 1985-1989
- Bonus unreleased 5-track EP exclusive to purchasers of the entire set
Subconscious Communications "From The Vault" Series II
Same concept as the first series, only this one also included a couple of new studio albums (
Download and
PlatEAU) as well as a couple of remaster LPs combined in double-CD sets with unreleased vault material.
- Doubting Thomas - The Infidel - Special Edition Double CD: remastered The Infidel LP, Father Don't Cry EP and 6 unreleased tracks
- Download - Furnace: Redux - Special Edition Double CD: remastered Furnace LP and new mix/collection CD of original Furnace-era jams
- Download - Fixer: New 2007 LP
- platEAU - Kushbush - Special Edition Double CD: New 2007 LP and a 10 year special edition Music for Grassbars
- The Tear Garden - The Secret Experiment
- Hilt/Patsy - Minoot Bowl Dropped the Ball
- Skinny Puppy - Back and Forth Vol. 7
- Rare - Bonus unreleased 13-track CD of various Subcon artists, exclusive to purchasers of the entire set
Also,
Various Artists:
Black Box: Wax Trax! Records, The First 13 Years 3 CD Set (original metal box edition)
This collects tracks from the golden era of Wax Trax! Records, some of the best cuts by some of my favorite industrial acts. And it's a really nice out of print metal box.